Lemongrass Essential Oil 15ml
Lemongrass Essential Oil 15ml
- Single ingredient, undiluted
- Steam distilled
- Grown in Kannauj, U.P.
- 15 ml amber glass
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Lemongrass Essential Oil 15ml
What's Good
- Sharp lemon on top, cut grass underneath
- Reads scrubbed rather than sweet, which is why it suits kitchens and bathrooms
- A top note - it arrives immediately and it leaves early
- Two drops in a spoonful of carrier oil is a whole face
- Steam distilled from the grass, with nothing added afterwards
- Sits well with peppermint, eucalyptus and rosemary if you like to blend
It is a sharp, grassy, faintly sour smell rather than a cosy one, and it does not hang around. If you want warm, soft and long-staying, buy lavender instead - it is the better bottle for a bedroom you want to feel calm in.
What's Inside Matters
One ingredient, and nothing standing behind it.
- Cymbopogon flexuosus (lemongrass) leaf oil - 100%
- Part used: the leaf blades, cut and distilled
- Method: steam distilled
- Origin: farms of Kannauj, Uttar Pradesh
- No carrier oil, no dilution, no second ingredient
- Colour: pale yellow to amber, thin enough to run off the pipette fast
Lemongrass is a grass, not a citrus. The lemon you smell is citral, the same compound family that gives lemon peel its edge, but here it sits over a green, hay-like base that no citrus fruit has - which is why the oil reads sharp and grassy at once rather than simply fruity. Citral is also the reason for the amber glass: it dulls with light, heat and air, so the bottle is built to keep all three out. Keep the cap on properly and store it away from the window.
Make The Most Of Your Oil
Small doses, always cut with something else. It is never used neat.
- Hair: 5 drops into 2 tbsp of carrier oil, massaged through the scalp and combed down the length
- Skin: 2 drops into 1 tbsp of carrier oil, left on overnight and rinsed off the following day
- Diffuser: start at the lowest dose your machine's own instructions give, then add one drop at a time until the room is right
- Wardrobes and drawers: a drop on a cotton pad tucked at the back of the shelf, replaced when it stops reading
- Never neat, never in the eyes, never swallowed - patch test on your inner arm and wait a full day before it goes near a face
- 1 Mix it downFive drops of lemongrass into two tablespoons of carrier oil - coconut, almond or sesame, whatever is already in the kitchen. Mix it in a katori, not in your palm.
- 2 Work the scalpFingertips, section by section, until the whole scalp is covered rather than just the parting. Ten minutes is plenty.
- 3 Comb it downA wide-tooth comb from root to tip, so the oil travels down the length instead of sitting on top.
- 4 Leave it, then wash it outGive it time to sit, then shampoo as usual. Tie it up if you are sleeping in it, and put a towel on the pillow.
Dilute it, every time. The two doses on the pack both land under one per cent: five drops is about 0.25 ml, and in 30 ml of carrier oil that is roughly 0.8%; two drops is about 0.1 ml, and in 15 ml of carrier oil that is roughly 0.7%. There is no reason to go stronger, and lemongrass is one of the oils that people react to more often than they expect, so patch test on the inside of your forearm and give it a full day before you take it anywhere near your face. Keep it out of your eyes. If it gets in, flush with plain carrier oil rather than water - oil moves oil. Never swallow it. Store it out of reach of children, and away from pets: cats in particular process essential oils very differently from us, so keep the bottle shut and keep them out of a room while a diffuser is running. If you are pregnant or breastfeeding, check with your doctor before using it on skin at all.
Product Information
- Commodity
- Lemongrass Essential Oil
- Country of Origin
- India
- Net Quantity
- 15 ml
- Best Before
- 36 months from the date of manufacture
- Manufactured/Marketed by
- INDRAAZ Selfcare
- Customer Care Email
- connect@indraaz.com
- Customer Care
- +91 70681 14030
What We Leave Out
- No carrier oil
- No mineral oil
- No alcohol
- No synthetic fragrance
- No added colour
- No preservatives
- No fillers or extenders
- No animal testing
About This Essential Oil
What it actually is
Lemongrass is a tall clumping grass, not a fruit. It grows in dense stands with thick pale bases and long strap-like blades, and it is the blades that go into the still. Steam is pushed through the cut grass, the oil comes over with the vapour, and what is collected is thin and pale yellow.
The lemon you smell is citral - geranial and neral together - which is the textbook reason lemongrass reads the way it does. But because it comes off a grass rather than a peel, there is a green, hay-like weight sitting underneath the lemon that no citrus oil has. That double reading, sharp on top and grassy below, is the whole character of the bottle.
Where ours comes from
Kannauj, in Uttar Pradesh. It is the town India has been distilling in for centuries, long before anyone called it aromatherapy, and it is where our grass is grown and steam distilled. What arrives in the bottle is one ingredient: no carrier oil cut in afterwards, nothing to stretch the volume, no colour, no preservative.
How to use it well
Small amounts, always diluted. For hair, five drops into two tablespoons of carrier oil, worked through the scalp with your fingertips and combed down the length. For skin, two drops into one tablespoon, left on overnight and rinsed off the next day. Both of those work out under one per cent, which is where this oil belongs.
Around the house it is a wardrobe and bathroom oil more than a bedroom one. A drop on a cotton pad at the back of a shelf is enough for a cupboard. In a diffuser, start at whatever your machine's instructions say and add a drop at a time - do not run it all evening, because with a top note you stop noticing it long before it runs out.
Who it suits
You, if you like a smell that reads clean rather than cosy. It suits kitchens after cooking, bathrooms in monsoon, hostel and PG rooms that need something sharp cutting through, and desks where you want the air to feel awake rather than soft. It also blends easily - peppermint makes it colder, eucalyptus makes it more medicinal, rosemary pushes the green side forward.
Who it does not suit
Anyone after a warm, sweet, comforting smell. Lemongrass is not that, and no amount of it will become that. If you want to walk into a bedroom and feel your shoulders drop, buy lavender - soft, floral, powdery, and far better suited to the job.
It is also worth skipping if you have reactive skin. Citral-rich oils are among the more sensitising ones, and while the printed dilutions are conservative, some people simply do better with something gentler on the skin side. And if the smell of a well-cleaned bathroom is not a smell you want in a bedroom, this will not grow on you.
One honest limitation
It fades fast. That is not a fault in the bottle, it is what a top note does - the same volatility that makes it announce itself the moment the diffuser starts is the reason it is gone from the room before the evening is. If you want a scent that is still there when you come back three hours later, this is the wrong oil, and frankincense is the right one.
Storage and safety
Cap tight, upright, somewhere dark and cool - not the bathroom windowsill. Citral dulls with light, heat and air, and the amber glass is only doing half the work. Best before 36 months from the date of manufacture.
Never neat on skin, never in the eyes, never swallowed. Patch test on your inner forearm and wait a full day before it goes near your face. Keep it out of reach of children and pets - cats are especially sensitive to essential oils as a category, so keep the bottle shut and give them a room they can leave if a diffuser is running. If you are pregnant or breastfeeding, check with your doctor first.
Frequently Asked Questions
Will one bottle scent my whole flat?
Honestly, no - not on its own. Lemongrass is a top note, so it fills a room quickly and then thins out just as quickly. In an open-plan one-BHK with the balcony door open, you will lose it well before you expect to.
It works best in a closed, smaller space: a bathroom, a bedroom with the door shut, a PG room, a desk corner. If you want something that stays put for longer, frankincense is the one to buy - it is slow and resinous and sits for hours.
Can I put it straight on my skin?
No. It goes into a carrier oil first, every single time - the pack gives 2 drops to 1 tablespoon for skin. Neat essential oil on skin is how people end up with a reaction they blame on the wrong thing.
Lemongrass is also on the sharper end of the range for sensitivity, so patch test on your inner forearm and wait a full day before it goes on your face. If your skin is already irritated or broken, leave it alone until it settles.
Will it damage my humidifier?
Probably, yes. Ultrasonic humidifiers are built for plain water, and essential oils can craze the plastic tank over time. Most manufacturers say so in the manual, and using oil in one usually voids the warranty.
Use an aroma diffuser instead - those are designed for it. If all you have is a humidifier, put a drop on a cotton pad and set it near the mist outlet rather than in the tank.
Is it safe around my cat?
Be careful. Cats metabolise essential oils very differently from people, and vets generally advise keeping diffusers and undiluted oils away from them altogether. This is not specific to lemongrass - it applies across the category.
Practically: keep the bottle shut and out of reach, do not apply it to your cat or to anything they groom, and if you run a diffuser, do it in a room they can leave and with the door open. If your cat starts drooling, sneezing or avoiding the room, stop and ring your vet.
Does it expire?
Yes. Best before 36 months from the date of manufacture, printed on the carton. It will not turn dangerous the day after, but citral dulls with time and the bright edge is the first thing to go.
Heat, light and air are what age it. Keep the cap tight, keep it out of the bathroom windowsill, and store it upright somewhere dark. The amber glass is doing half the job already.
Does it smell like the lemongrass in cooking, or like a cleaning product?
Both, a little. The first thing you get is bright and lemon-sharp, which is why some people say it smells like a floor cleaner - a lot of household cleaners borrow exactly this note. Under it is the green, hay-like smell of the fresh stalk you would bruise into a curry.
If clinical-clean is not what you want in a bedroom, that is worth knowing before you buy. Orange is the round, sweet, cheerful citrus in the range; lavender is the soft one. Lemongrass is the sharp one.
Can I apply this directly to my skin?
No. Undiluted essential oils are highly concentrated and should always be mixed with a carrier oil — coconut, jojoba or almond — before they touch skin. Patch test first.
How long before I see results?
Give it 8 to 12 weeks of consistent use. Essential oils work gradually; anything promising overnight change is overpromising.
Is it safe during pregnancy?
Speak to your doctor first. Several essential oils are generally avoided during the first trimester, so please get advice specific to you rather than relying on a general rule.
When will my order arrive?
Orders dispatch the same or next working day. Metro cities: 3-5 business days. Rest of India: 4-6 business days.